Japan is not a major market for BlackBerry, and we have no plans to launch BlackBerry 10 devices there at this time.

The company will continue to support existing customer devices.

Although BlackBerry has strong support in parts of Asia — namely Indonesia — the company has struggled in Japan. In June 2012, BlackBerry's smartphone share was reported at under 0.4% according to comScore.

Speaking of Asia — BlackBerry's plans for a China launch are still unclear. We asked about specifics at the launch event last week but were not given a clear answer on carrier or release dates. BlackBerry has not responded to our requests for more information on its Asia strategy moving forward.

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